James Rodger & Co (Firm) :The Consolidated Bank of Success. May courage and good health your course keep clear, and fortune favour you through all the year. [Draft novelty Christmas and New Year gift cheque / printed by] James Rodger & Co. Christchurch. 1

Reference Number: Eph-A-CARDS-New-Year-1910s-01-2

A novelty cheque "issued" by the "Consolidated Bank of Success" and issued to the value of "three hundred and sixty-five days of Prosperity, good luck and happiness". Stamp in the lower right corner identifies this as Specimen series B. At the left there is a inset New Zealand scene of a bridge and road to a mountain, topped with a Maori tiki motif. At the top, Zealandia with the New Zealand flag, and a Maori warrior with a long spear, both flank the New Zealand coat of arms. There is a border of good luck slogans.

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